Greg Monroe is one of those players with whom it's baffling that he isn't more dominant. I'm talking about a player who is listed at 6'11 250. During his still-young career at Georgetown he has flashed the skills of a solid passer, defender and rebounder. As a scorer, he's had his moments but also has a ways to go. His stats show a different player as a soph than he was as a freshman:
Freshman: .578, 8.6, 4.3
Sophomore: .490, 11.7, 3.8
The first number is 2-point pct., followed by rebounds per 40 minutes and combined steals and blocks per 40 minutes. These are 3 numbers I consider most important for a PF. With both years there is a number so weak--rebounding his frosh year, 2-point pct his soph-- it would drop my rating of such a player out of the first round. With Monroe my feeling is that I should focus more on the positive, because his size/skill level is so impressive.
I'm not sure why Monroe can't become an unstoppable force inside. I suspect it is a mix of the Georgetown system limiting him and him wanting to play more of an all-around game. The important thing to remember here is not too many 6'11" player have ever excelled on the perimeter or as all-around players. The best bigs have operated inside.
That said, he's a better prospect today than he was a year ago today because he has shown he can rebound like a NBA big should.
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